Eight years after A12, Charlottesville is still in the national dialogue. And while she wasn’t in town (or the country) for the anniversary this year, local author Deborah Baker says it has been top of mind for her as she discusses her book, Charlottesville: An American Story, around the world.
“I actually haven’t heard from very many people [locally],” she says of her book, which, according to her publisher, is an “account of what unfolded that weekend, focusing less on the rally’s far-right leaders than on the story of the city itself.”
“But the few who have read it cover to cover have been uniformly positive,” says Baker. “I understand why those who are close to the story may not want to revisit those days.”…